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Why more West than East German firms export
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003538975
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Nowcasting business cycles using toll data
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232581
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Rising wage dispersion, after all! : The German wage structure at the turn of the century
Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2006
throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. -- wage inequality … ; censored quantile regression ; Machado/Mata decomposition ; IABS ; East Germany ; West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310970
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How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?
Prantl, Susanne; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2009
differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860696
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A distribution dynamics approach to regional GDP convergence in unified Germany
Juessen, Falko - 2009
during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846988
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20 years of German unification : evidence on income convergence and heterogeneity
Brück, Tilman; Peters, Heiko - 2009
We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901217
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Family and politics : does parental unemployment cause right-wing extremism?
Siedler, Thomas (contributor) - 2006
between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003490985
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East-West migration and gender : is there a "double disadvantage" vis-à-vis stayers?
Zaiceva, Anzelika (contributor) - 2007
This paper documents whether female East-West migrants in Germany after the reunification experience a gain or a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003596084
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942294
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Wage mobility in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011
markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s … ; earnings mobility ; income mobility ; Germany ; East Germany ; inequality ; transition matrix ; Shorrocks index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524370